For all the time I spent wondering why Muse didn't advertise at all in the US, going on the shows etc anymore... now that they're going to play Dig Down on Colbert, I feel like it's officially the end of an era.

Linkin Park were big fans of Depeche Mode. Chester also loved Muse and attended a Muse arena gig on 9 April 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona during The Resistance tour.

“They’re one of the best – if not the best – live performing bands in the world at the moment,” Chester said about Muse in an interview with NME in 2009 before headlining Sonisphere. He also wanted LP to tour with Muse in 2007 and 2014.

Linkin Park was the first Western rock band to sell out stadiums in mainland China. They sold 25,000 tickets at a stadium venue in Shanghai in 2007, performed in Shanghai again in 2009, and played stadium gigs in five different cities in the Middle Kingdom in 2015. They have also performed nine shows in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

The British bands who have played the most shows in China are Suede, Deep Purple and the Rolling Stones. Muse took the stage to perform two arena shows in Beijing and Shanghai in 2015 with over 17,000 in attendance while George Michael and Wham! became the first western pop group to play in that market in 1985 (in place of Queen).

'Feeling Good' debuted at #127 on the France SNEP top singles downloads sales chart this past week after entering the France iTunes singles chart on 27 July 2017. The Origin of Symmetry track had previously spent one week at #139 on the France singles chart dated 27 October 2012.

Meanwhile, on the most recent US Alternative airplay weekly tracking chart compiled by Mediabase, only 29 spins separate the four songs occupying positions #2 thru #5. 'Dig Down' is holding at #3 its peak position so far while remaining at #5 for a third consecutive week on the chart compiled by Billboard. Mediabase stats show 'Dig Down' had over 3,000 spins in the past week at US rock radio or about 440 daily plays.

The official video for 'Dig Down' has now been viewed over 9 million times on YouTube and streamed over 10 million times on Spotify.

Stade de France venue career concert grosses and attendance for the following rock bands:

Muse $23 million and 302,000 tickets sold (2 shows in 2013 and 2 shows in 2010) - Avg ticket price of $76 converted from euros - Split among 3 band members after deducting concert expenses including stadium rental, promoter fees, and agent and manager commissions

Coldplay $26 million and 314,000 tickets sold (3 shows in 2017 and 1 show in 2012) - Avg ticket price of $83 - Split among 4 band members after expenses and commissions

U2 $61 million and 600,000 tickets sold (2 shows in 2017, 3 shows in 2009/10, and 2 shows in 2005) - Average ticket price of $102 - Split among 4 band members and 1 manager after expenses and commissions

'Feeling Good' by Muse was the 69th most downloaded track in France for the week ending 3 August 2017. It moved up an impressive 58 places from last week's SNEP digital singles sales chart. It falls a few slots to #85 on the chart for the sales tracking week ending 10 August 2017.

'Feels Like Summer' by Weezer this week leapfrogs 'Dig Down' on both the Mediabase and Billboard Alternative Songs airplay charts in the US. The Muse stand-alone single still gaining weekly spins holds steady at #3 on the Mediabase chart and climbs this week to #3 on the Billboard chart. It is or has been the #1 or #2 most played track at modern rock stations in the following markets: Chicago, IL; Nashville, Knoxville, and Johnson City, TN; Buffalo, Syracuse and Hudson Valley, NY; Columbus, OH; Salt Lake City, UT; Tulsa, OK; Honolulu; Bakersfield and Fresno, CA; Austin and Corpus Christi, TX; Eugene and Portland, OR; Colorado Springs and Ft. Collins, CO; Wilkes-Barre, PA; Gainesville, FL; Norfolk, VA; Appleton, WI; Burlington, VT; and Fayetteville, AR.

Feeling bad for the approx 100,000 fans about Muse and Lorde having their Lolla headlining sets cancelled on Thursday after playing for only about 15 minutes due to the nearby thunderstorms and lightning. My flight into O'Hare that afternoon was cancelled due to the bad weather so I missed out seeing Muse for the 11th time and Cage the Elephant for the 2nd time.

Muse will play their 60th and 61st career gigs (including TV and radio studio performances) in Australia in December 2017. The Land Down Under is the 5th most visited country by Muse after the UK, USA, France, and Germany.

Showbiz peaked at #28 on the Australia album chart in April 2000 and was certified Gold in 2008 by ARIA. In the UK, Muse's first studio album peaked at #29 and has been certified Platinum by BPI.

Two stellar live performances of tracks 'Uno' and 'Muscle Museum' in Melbourne in March 2000 and in Sydney in October 2000 are hyperlinked below:

Showbiz - Last Performed Live at Manchester Arena, UK in November 2006
Glorious - Last Performed Live in Atlanta, GA in April 2005
Fury - Last Performed Live at Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2016
Eternally Missed - Last Performed Live at Leeds Carling Weekend Festival in August 2002
Easily - Never Performed Live
Falling Away With You - Never Performed Live (Instrumental only at Leeds Carling Weekend Festival in August 2002)
Ruled by Secrecy - Last Performed Live in Glasgow, Scotland in October 2012
Space Dementia - Last Performed Live at Reading Festival in 2011
City of Delusion - Last Performed Live in Guadalajara, Mexico in July 2008
Micro Cuts - Last Performed Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2016
Futurism - Last Performed Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2016
The Groove - Last Performed Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2016
Agitated - Last Performed Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2016
Hyper Music - Last Performed Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2016
Assassin - Last Performed Live at the Krakow Live Festival in Poland in August 2016
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist - Last Performed Live in Austin, TX in May 2005
The Small Print - Last Performed Live in Austin, TX in May 2005

Showbiz - Last Performed Live at Manchester Arena, UK in November 2006
Glorious - Last Performed Live in Atlanta, GA in April 2005
Fury - Last Performed Live at Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2016
Easily - Never Performed Live
Micro Cuts - Last Performed Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2016
Futurism - Last Performed Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2016
Agitated - Last Performed Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2016
Assassin - Last Performed Live at the Krakow Live Festival in Poland in August 2016

UPDATE

All of the above songs (including riffs from Micro Cuts and Agitated) were performed live by Muse at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on 19 August 2017.

Easily [B-side to Starlight and one of Matt's favourites] made its live debut tonight. Glorious [B-side to Invincible and one of Dom's favourites] was also played live for only the 2nd time in the UK (1st performance was at Earls Court in London on 20 December 2004). Showbiz was played live for the 1st time at a London venue since 27 November 2003 at Wembley Arena. Muscle Museum and Showbiz were both first played at the Astoria 2 club [closed in 2009] in London on 9 December 1998 according to setlist.fm and now 19 years later at the SBE.

Performed in Mainland China, Thailand, Lithuania and Iceland for the first time

Third consecutive Muse tour grossing over $100 million in ticket sales including the four arena gigs taking place later this year in Japan and Australia and festival headlining performance fees

Attendance totaling around 1.5 million compared to the 1.7 million which attended each of the past two tours (T2L and TR) (Excludes festivals)

Approx $40 million average touring gross per year over the past 9 years (2009-2017) for the past three album touring cycles

Approx $1 million raised for various charities from gigs in Belgium, New York City and London and also including the $1 portion of tickets sold at various dates donated by the band and concert-goers for MSF

Muse also grossed $2 million-plus from over 35,000 tickets sold at the two gigs at this LA venue on December 18-19, 2015 during the Drones tour and another $1.7 million from 32,000 tickets sold at the two gigs held here on September 25-26, 2010 during The Resistance tour.

Abso and BH&R briefly re-entered the UK iTunes Top 200 Albums chart after Muse performed at the R&L Festival dates in late August 2017.

The Madness [Official Video] has just passed 100 million views on YouTube and has over 120 million streams on Spotify, while the Uprising [Official Video] has now achieved 128 million views and 151 million streams on the two services, respectively.

In addition, the track earned an undisclosed sync fee from the CW television network in the US and performance royalties from other streaming services (Amazon, Deezer, Google Play, Tidal, Napster, Pandora, Rhapsody, Soundcloud, et al) and satellite radio (SiriusXM).

*Source: RIAA Report from March 2017 - Other studies indicate the estimated per stream rate may be closer to 60%-80% of the rates cited above due to different rates for paid subscription and free ad-supported tiers among the various audio and video streaming services in markets around the world

BH&R debuted and peaked at #20 on the Spanish Album Chart in 2006 and spent 10 weeks on the chart. Prior album Absolution peaked at #100 in 2003 and subsequent studio albums TR, T2L and Drones peaked at #2 in 2009, #2 in 2012, and #3 in 2015 and spent 47 weeks, 57 weeks, and 50 weeks on the Spanish Top 100 album chart, respectively. Also, Live at Rome Olympic Stadium peaked at #22 and H.A.A.R.P. peaked at #24.

Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever) has spent the longest time on the Spanish Top 100 Singles chart - a total of seven weeks peaking at #26.

The official video for 'Resistance' from TR was a live performance filmed at the Palacio de Deportes arena in Madrid on 28 November 2009.

As previously noted, a box office record of 16,619 fans attended the Drones world tour show on 6 May 2016 at the above venue and total attendance exceeded 33,000 for the two gigs in the Spanish capital that month.

Total estimated concert attendance by city for all arena, stadium and club gigs (19) from 2001-16:

A capacity crowd of some 22,000 fans turned out to witness the potent doubleheader of Muse and Thirty Seconds to Mars on Friday night at the Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View [CA] - The Mercury News

A $5.99 sale price at the US Apple iTunes store has caused 5 Muse studio albums to re-enter the Top 200 Alternative albums chart with BH&R climbing the highest to #65 as of Sunday 17 September.

Top 20 Tracks on YouTube from March 2015 thru September 2017

United Kingdom: 74.3 million views including 9.6 million in London and 244k in Exeter/Devon

Saudi Arabia: 3.3 million views [Public music concerts have been banned in the Kingdom for the past 25 years with a few recent exceptions]

Supermassive Black Hole
Undisclosed Desires
Unintended
Time is Running Out
Bliss
Uprising
Starlight
The 2nd Law: Isolated System
Hysteria
Madness
Sing for Absolution
Psycho
Feeling Good
Follow Me
Knights of Cydonia
Butterflies and Hurricanes
Map of the Problematique
New Born
Resistance
Panic Station

Excludes festival gigs, special radio station holiday festival shows, U2 support shows in 2009, MCR support shows in April 2007, The Cure support shows in 2004, and support shows for RHCP/Foo Fighters in 2000.

London (95,000 tickets sold at 7 shows at O2 Arena, Shepherd's Bush Empire, and Electric Ballroom)

Moscow (50,000 tickets sold at 2 shows at Olympijskiy Stadium and Okritie Arena)

Washington, DC (10,865 tickets sold at 1 show at Verizon Center)

Beijing (7,573 tickets sold at 1 show at LeSports Center/MasterCard Arena)

Note: Iron Maiden came close to matching Muse but performed instead at the Jiffy Jube Live venue in Bristow, VA located about 35 miles from Washington, DC during its latest tour. Metallica performed in four of the above cities but not Washington DC. Also, Muse played concerts in 28 European markets and 43 global markets, 2 and 4 more than Iron Maiden, respectively.

Muse artist video streams city rankings during the the past three years (September 2014-September 2017) according to YouTube Artist Insights data compiled by Google:

22. Moscow, Russia 4,018,099 total views

23. New York, NY, USA 3,904,507 total views

24. Los Angeles, CA, USA 3,790,509 total views

Emmy Award winning actress Elisabeth Moss Shares Her Playlist For Preparing For Her Role In Hulu's ‘Handmaid’s Tale’:

Elisabeth Moss received 6 previous Emmy nominations for playing Peggy Olson on Emmy Award winning AMC drama series 'Mad Men' which featured the following music and movie location familiar to Matt in three episodes during its 7 season run from 2007-2015: